Meridian Community College: College Celebrates First-Generation Students

Press release from Meridian Community College:

November 10, 2021

But after a chance conversation with a co-worker, a college student, Dr. Gathings’
life changed, and he returned to college. “What I have learned is that I have been
in a lot of situations – the first to graduate high school, the first to receive an associate degree, the first in my family to get a bachelor’s degree, and I will be the first in a few months to obtain a doctorate,” he said. 

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